caucasian

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia (synset 302854844)
    "Caucasian languages"
    same as: caucasic
  2. Of or relating to Caucasian people (synset 300244343)
    similar to: white - of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
    same as: caucasoid
Noun
  1. A Caucasian (synset 109660255)
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    • aryan - (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)
    • circassian - a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia
    • semite - a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa
    • cassite, kassite - a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC
    • elamite - a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
    • white man - a man who is White
    • white woman - a woman who is White
    • poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
    • honkey, honkie, honky, whitey - (slang) offensive names for a White man
    • wasp, white anglo-saxon protestant - a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
    same as: white, white person
  2. A number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere (synset 106990840)
    is a type of: natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
    subtypes:
    • chechen - a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen
    • circassian - a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
    • georgian - a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition
    • ubykh - an extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey
    same as: caucasian language

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